What do you decide to put in your bank account?

寒月

A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
1 Y6 R4 C/ O8 D" }& @: }shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
nursing home today.
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) s' M9 ?' g! m/ _4 AHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
2 W( }2 r! h) I! }: d3 w1 i) }he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.

1 `! `' h$ u* J; |0 U  Q5 PAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
- m; z$ \- e& s3 C3 U3 E, qdescription of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
( s4 w5 \$ }) m2 u# H# P3 {hung on his window.

"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
just been presented with a new puppy.

"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.
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' Q; J6 p: s) \" N"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
/ g, ?, l7 h! ~. q# q5 e7 }room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."

It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
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! r+ X# N0 s/ g; v5 xI have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I
3 o9 G0 g/ i/ V" ?2 e3 o3 Ahave with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed
6 T4 {$ W0 @" l- {9 H* b, Qand be thankful for the ones that do.
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Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
day and all the happy memories I've stored away.
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% [( D* G- M0 [% R2 P& |Just for this time in my life.
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$ E5 e0 c! i6 E1 H  EOld age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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5 f: i* N+ D. W# \. r. OSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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    1. Free your heart from hatred.
    2. Free your mind from worries.
6 K& S9 E- f/ s: q    3. Live simply.
5 T7 k) g3 o/ r# f* O% H( Y    4. Give more.
0 \  X1 d7 ~6 Z8 r    5. Expect less.

多伦多来客

恩。看样子年轻时候要多玩多享受。不然老了没什么好取的了。

芳子吾吾

so touching! I will just follow the five simple rules to be happy!

cool008

     I would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
/ {- h! J! t$ f! E! H. Saccount of memories!  no hatred; no worries;  Live simply; Give more; Expect less!!
I'm very happy each day!

Lazycat

That's the reason why he's still alive at 92-years-old.

北极熊

原帖由 寒月 于 2006-11-13 16:50 发表
$ m0 a0 u$ n+ V  s  \. }# dA 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
7 O% a" Z- g+ q! h4 Zshaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally  ...
% b3 d2 x1 q" c; c+ o    1. Free your heart from hatred.
    2. Free your mind from worries.
4 }8 S) K0 Q: B0 C    3. Live simply.
- @% V  d) t, f. F! s    4. Give more.
' ?0 A9 H8 P; [- T7 U    5. Expect less.

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4 C* O1 n! o8 n) V2 U  x3 j( Q' b这是人生真谛。精辟！